Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – August 2021 Two journalists in Sindh province escaped attempt-to-kill as nine different threat categories in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, Islamabad and…
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Towards Representative Models of Journalists’ Unions, Associations and Press Clubs in Pakistan
Challenges and Solutions of Promoting Labour Rights, Gender Equality and Freedom of Association in Pakistan’s Shifting Media Landscape This baseline research is part of a…
No Progress Yet On Absar & Toor Attacks; Hamid Mir Still ‘Under Censorship’
ISLAMABAD, 29 June 2021: It has been more than a month now since YouTuber Asad Ali Toor was attacked inside his apartment and broadcast journalist…
21 Cases Of Murder, Legal Cases, Harassment & Verbal Threats Against Journalists During April 2021
Among the 21 cases reported included seven legal cases – the highest number. In Freedom Network’s annual State of Press Freedom Report 2021, legal cases against journalists emerged as the biggest threat.
Medical Assistance helps Dozens Of Pakistani Media Workers Combat Covid-19
ISLAMABAD, 16 March 2021: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Islamabad-based media watchdog organization Freedom Network (FN) joined hands last year to help…
Journalist Attacked For His Report On ‘Merit Policy Violation’ In Punjab Police
A senior officer of Punjab Police in Lahore in January 2021 hurled direct threat at Geo News channel’s crime reporter Ahmed Faraz for filing a report on “violation” of merit policy in transfers and postings the officer’s wife tweeted.
Two Journalists Murdered In December 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – December 2020 A Christian journalist in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and district correspondent in Bahawalpur were murdered as 18 other cases…
Woman Journalist Among Two Killed
FN Threat Data Analysis – September 2020 A woman journalist is among two journalists killed and 13 other journalists faced different kind of threats ranging…
Murders, Abduction & Intimidation Of Journalists Fail To Figure In Over 60 Cabinet Meetings, Imran Govt Admits
Freedom Network files RTI request with Cabinet Division to seek access to information International Day for Universal Access to Information (IDUAI) on 28 September Press…
No Justice For Slain Woman Journalist In Lahore
RSF Investigation: Violence and impunity in Pakistan A single shot to the head took the life of the young Pakistani reporter Arooj Iqbal in the…
Abducted Matiullah Jan Returns Home After 12 Hours
FN Threat Data Analysis – July 2020 A social media activist who was asking hard questions through his Facebook and Twitter accounts was shot…
E-Bulletin For June 2020
PAKISTAN MEDIA MONITOR A monthly report on trends relating to state of journalism and media rights, policies and practices Tracking: Media related laws, policies and…
PM Khan Adviser Dr Gill “Abuses” Journalist For Hard Questions
FN Threat Data Analysis – June 2020 Twelve cases of attempt to murder, detention, arrests, torture, offline, online harassment and legal cases against journalists…
Eight Cases Of Threats, Including Murder, Targeting Journalists In May 2020
FN Threat Data Analysis – May 2020 A second journalist was murdered in Sindh province this year as eight cases of different threat categories against…
Second Sindhi Journalist Murdered In Sindh This Year
Sindhi-language journalist, Zulfiqar Mandrani, was shot and killed in Jacobabad district of southern Sindh province on 26 May 2020, local journalists and family confirmed on…
FN Dismayed At Death Of Pakistani Journalist In Sweden, Seeks Justice
ISLAMABAD, 08 May 2020: Freedom Network is deeply concerned at media reports that missing Pakistani journalist Sajid Hussain’s dead body was found in a river…
Two Journalists Escape Attempts On Their Lives
FN Threat Data Analysis – April 2020 Two journalists escaped attempt on their lives as a total of 15 violations, including arrests, detention, offline…
E-Bulletin For March 2020
Media Monitoring Report – March 2020 02 March: Rights groups, including Freedom Network, boycott government consultation over new regulations aiming at taking full control of…
E-Bulletin For February 2020
Media Monitoring Report – February 2020 Feb 01: PEMRA slaps Rs.1 million fine on Channel 92 for “maligning” advisor to PM Imran Khan. https://www.dawn.com/news/1531876/pemra-slaps-rs1-million-fine-on-channel-92-for-maligning-sapm-zulfi-bukhari Feb…
E-Bulletin For January 2020
Media Monitoring Report – January 2020 Jan 03: Sindh High Court stops police from registering cases against a journalist without court’s permission. https://tribune.com.pk/story/2129389/1-shc-bars-police-registering-cases-journalist-without-courts-permission/ Jan 08:…